License-plate holder for automobiles



June 24, 1930. w. DEPFER LICENSE PLATE HOLDER FOR AUTOMOBILES Filed Nov. 14, 1928 Patented June 24, 1 930 d I i 1 umrso STATES PATIENT orrics Application filed November 14, 1928. Serial No. 319,326.

The present invention is directed to im- 2 and slots 4 of the bracket and license plate, provements inlicense plate holders for auas more clearly illustrated in Figure 2 of the tomobiles. drawing. Obviously when the securing de- The primary object of the invention is to vice is in place the head will rest upon the 6 provide simple and efiicient means for securinner surface of the bracket 1.

ing the license plate to the usual bracket with The outer end of the bolt shank is provided out the aid of screw drivers, wrenches o with an integrally connected wing 7 which other tools. is of a'width greater than the diameter ofthe Another object of the invention is to probolt shank, the rear end of the wing constivide a device-of this kind so constructed that tuting shoulders 7', the purpose of which will 60 an old license plate can be easily and quickly be later explained. removed and a new one substituted therefor. threadless' nut 8 is provided, said nut A further object of the invention is to prohaving oppositely spaced wings 9 to facilivide a device of this kind so constructed that tate the rotation thereof. The bore 10 of it will firmly hold the license plate secured the nut is formed with diametrically op- 65 to the bracket in a manner to prevent acciposed groovesll. The nut is further prodental disengagement thereof. vided with oppositely disposed notches 12 Another objmt of the invention is to proarranged at right angles with respect to the vide a device of this kind which is durable, gr V 11. v

efiicient in operation, cheap to manufacture, Washers 13 and 14 are engaged upon the and one which will last indefinitely. shank of the bolt, said washers being of the With these and other objects in view, this form shown in Figure 6 in order that the same invention resides in the novel features of can be conveniently passed over the wing 7. construction, formation, combination and Encil'cling the bolt shank and interposed 5 arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more between the bracket 1 and license plate 3 1S 8,

fully described, claimed and illustrated in oil spring 15. the accompanying drawing, in which: To secure a license plate to the bracket the- Figure 1 is a front view of the device, bolts are first passed through the openings 2,

showing it in position for securing the license spring 15 and through the slots 4, after which lat in place, the nut is positioned so that the sides of the Figure 2 1s a sectional view on line 2-2 wings 7 will pass through the grooves 11.

of Figure 1. Upon forcing the nut inwardly the spring 15 Figure 3 is a front view of the nut. will be compressed. After the nut has been Figure 4 is a sectional view on line 4-4 forced to the proper position the nuts are of Figure 3. given a quarter turn in order that the notches S5 Figure 5 is a side view of the bolt. 12 will aline with the shoulders 7 of the wing Figure 6 is a view of one of the Washers 7. Pressure upon the nut is then relieved, used in connection with the device. whereupon the spring 5 will force the plate Referring to the drawing, 1 designates a '3 outwardly for a slight distance to cause the 49 section of a conventional form of bracket shoulders 7 to seatin the notches 12, at which 90 mounted upon the automobile, said bracket time the spring 15 will positively maintain having spaced openings 2 formed therein, the shoulders 7 seated in the notches 12. To as customary. remove the nut it is only necessary to force The license plate 3 is provided with the the same inwardly against the tension of the usual slots 4 to coincide with the openings 2 spring 5 until the shoulders 7 disengage the 90 for the receptionof the securing device. notches 12, whereupon the nut is turnedone The securing device comprising a thread- Zquarter revolution to permit the sides of the less bolt 5, the outer end of which is provided wings to pass through the grooves 11. v with a conical head 6, the shank of said bolt From the foregoing, it is thought that the 50 being adapted to pass through the openings construction, operation and many advantages 2 masses of the herein described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art, without further description, and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape, and 5 proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

What is claimed is I 4 A holder comprising an unthreaded bolt adapted to be passed through alined openings formed in a support and an article to be held and having a head at one end to bear against the support, the other end of the bolt being provided with a flat wing extending longitudinally of the bolt and projecting from opposite sides thereof, a nut havlng an unthread ed bore to receive said bolt and slots leading from opposite sides of the bore for passage of the projecting side portions of the wing through the nut, the outer face of the nut having grooves formed therein leadin from 0pposite sides of the bore between said slots and constituting seats to receive the projecting side portions of said wing and prevent outward movement of the nut off the bolt, wings pgojecting outwardly from the nut with the re and slots disposed between the same, the wing of said bolt being spaced from the Wings 0 of t e nut when seated in said notches and adapted to be grasped to facilitate rotation of the nut and bolt relative to each other, and a spring coiled about said bolt to bear against the support and article andyieldably resist movement of the nut and wing of the bolt away from each other.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

WHALIAM DEPFER. [I.-. a] 

